Bloodless Coup: So You Want Elections, But Your Side Might Lose ...

February 19, 2006

So You Want Elections, But Your Side Might Lose ...

Helena Cobban notes strategies employed by those who want elections - but not a situation in which the people and policies of supported by most of a country's population actually rule.

Posted by armand at February 19, 2006 03:03 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs

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She forgot the Algeria option.

Posted by: binky at February 19, 2006 03:08 PM | PERMALINK

Hmmm - well wouldn't the "Algeria option" include 4 of the first 6 possibilities?

Any thoughts on the "Nicaragua option" mentioned in the comments on her page?

Posted by: Armand at February 19, 2006 04:36 PM | PERMALINK

How is a coup contained in those?

Posted by: binky at February 19, 2006 04:40 PM | PERMALINK

Well, not ONLY those 4 things were done, obviously. :) The coup helps ensure things too. But if you also look at the elections they did have ...

Posted by: Armand at February 19, 2006 05:10 PM | PERMALINK

Oh yes, right. I just meant that she didn't have "vicious military coup" on the list, and was thinking Algeria 1992.

Posted by: binky at February 19, 2006 05:12 PM | PERMALINK